Patents Issued in October 2, 2014
  • Publication number: 20140290624
    Abstract: A fuel injection control system includes an engine speed detector, a throttle opening degree detector, a fuel injection device, a fuel injection controller, a fuel injection number determining device, and a fuel injection mode setting device. The engine speed detector is configured to detect an engine speed (NE). The throttle opening degree detector is configured to detect a throttle opening degree (TH). The fuel injection device is configured to inject fuel. The fuel injection controller is configured to calculate, based on an injection amount map, a fuel injection amount of the fuel to be injected from the fuel injection device and is configured to control the fuel injection device to inject the fuel according to the calculated fuel injection amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki UEMATSU, Masato MORITA
  • Publication number: 20140290625
    Abstract: It is an object to increase the reliability and durability by minimizing mixing/entry of foreign matter (contaminants) into a speed reducer. The speed reducer is provided for reducing rotation of an actuator of a variable compression ratio mechanism and for transmitting the reduced rotation to a control shaft of the variable compression ratio mechanism. The actuator and the speed reducer are attached to a sidewall of an engine main body with a housing therebetween. An oil filter, which removes contaminants from within lubricating oil, is attached to the housing with an oil-passage-forming body therebetween. A portion of the lubricating oil supplied from the oil filter immediately after having been filter-purified is supplied via a bypass oil passage, formed in the oil-passage-forming body and the housing, into a speed-reducer accommodation chamber of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Ryosuke Hiyoshi, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Yusuke Takagi
  • Publication number: 20140290626
    Abstract: A method of assembling a fuel pump on an engine is disclosed. The method includes a timing pin installed between a pump flange of the fuel pump and a flywheel housing of the engine. The pump flange is moved towards the flywheel housing. The timing pin is further removed which is installed between the pump flange and the flywheel housing of the engine. Further, the pump flange is abutted with the flywheel housing of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher R. Jones, Andrew D. Rockwell
  • Publication number: 20140290627
    Abstract: A fuel supply device is provided with a fuel pump and a filter. The fuel pump supplies fuel from a fuel tank to an engine. The filter is disposed upstream from the fuel pump in a fuel supply channel. The filter includes a first filter portion and a second filter portion. The first filter portion and the second filter portion filter the fuel. The second filter portion is disposed above the first filter portion when the filter is disposed inside the fuel tank. A density of gaps in the second filter portion is larger than a density of gaps in the first filter portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke OKADA, Takuya URYU
  • Publication number: 20140290628
    Abstract: A system for containing liquid and venting vapor includes a liquid containment tank having an interior space. A first conduit is external to and operatively connected with the tank. The first conduit has a first internal passage fluidly communicable with the interior space. A second conduit is external to the tank, and has a second internal passage. A liquid vapor discriminating (LVD) valve is external to the tank and has a housing defining an inlet connected to the first conduit, an outlet connected to the second conduit, and an internal housing cavity. The valve includes a membrane filter positioned in the internal housing cavity between the inlet and the outlet. The membrane filter is configured to prevent the passage of liquid through the membrane and allow the passage of vapor through the membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Vaughn Kevin Mills, Matthew Lorenz Erdmann
  • Publication number: 20140290629
    Abstract: An engine assembly generally includes an engine and an intake manifold. The engine includes a plurality of cylinders. The plurality of cylinders includes a pair of cylinders. The engine is configured to sequentially fire the pair of cylinders. The intake manifold defines a plurality of ports. Each port is in fluid communication with one of the plurality of cylinders. The plurality of ports includes a pair of ports. Each of the pair of ports is disposed in fluid communication with one of the pair of cylinders. The intake manifold further includes a baffle disposed between the pair of ports to restrict fluid flow within the intake manifold between the pair of ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mark R. Claywell, Daniel J. Hommes
  • Publication number: 20140290630
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for draining condensate from a charge air cooler during a compressor bypass valve event. In one example, an engine controller may open a drain valve in the charge air cooler in response to potential compressor surge conditions. Opening the drain valve may be further based on an amount of condensate in the charge air cooler and a required decrease in pressure at an outlet of the compressor during the compressor bypass valve event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ross Dykstra Pursifull
  • Publication number: 20140290631
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for estimating a wall temperature in a heat exchanger and reducing the risk of boiling on a coolant side of the heat exchanger. In one embodiment, a method for an engine comprises estimating a wall temperature at a location in a heat exchanger and adjusting an engine operating parameter of an engine coupled to the heat exchanger based on the wall temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Luke Henry, Roshan Shekhar Kotian
  • Publication number: 20140290632
    Abstract: An intake gas distribution box (18) for an engine is intended to equip a gas supply module of the engine. The box (18) comprises a recirculated exhaust gas injection device (24) for the engine. The box (18) is configured to be mounted on a cylinder head of the engine. The recirculated exhaust gas injection device (24) comprises a plurality of injection orifices (26.1, 26.2, 26.3, 26.4), formed in a portion of material of the recirculated exhaust gas injection device (24). The injection device (24) is configured so that the injection orifices (26.1, 26.2, 26.3, 26.4) are situated in a substantially medium area between the cylinder head of the engine and a heat exchanger (16) of the gas supply module. The engine can be a diesel engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Georges De Pelsemaeker, Jean-Pierre Galland, Laurent Odillard
  • Publication number: 20140290633
    Abstract: An intake body, systems. and method for reducing acoustic resonance in pressure tap passages include determining and/or setting the length of the drilling tap passages to a value such that the natural frequency of each pressure tap passage is outside of or does not substantially overlap with operational frequency content of an air stream in the intake body. The intake body, systems and method reduce the possibility of exciting the natural acoustic frequencies of the pressure tap passages, and can lead to improved signal-to-noise ratio when detecting EGR flow using a delta-P measurement system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Cummins Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Emerick, David Moenssen, Brian Aldlerfer, Robert E. Dehner
  • Publication number: 20140290634
    Abstract: A crankcase ventilation system for an internal combustion engine having a cylinder block that at least partially defines at least one cylinder includes a valve cover configured to be mounted on an individual cylinder head corresponding to an individual cylinder and form a cavity therein. Further a crankcase ventilation opening associated with the valve cover. A crankcase breather incorporated into the valve cover. The crankcase breather includes a breather body, an inlet portion in fluid communication with the cavity of the valve cover, and an outlet portion aligning with the crankcase ventilation opening of the valve cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Seth E. Slaughter, Jason R. Dare
  • Publication number: 20140290635
    Abstract: A handleless slingshot with a folding storage compartment is disclosed. The slingshot does not require that the user grip a handle to shoot it and the folding storage compartment may be removed or omitted if desired. The slingshot includes a storage compartment that can store projectiles (such as steel shot) and/or other supplies. The storage compartment is foldable such that it can be folded into the base of the slingshot to create a compact, portable unit. The slingshot includes a quick-release interchangeable band system that uses clips that matingly engage grooves formed at the ends of the slingshot arms to secure the band. The slingshot includes guard area which protects the web area of the hand when shooting the slingshot. The slingshot moves the thumb and index finger contact points forward of the band to increase stability and eliminate the need to grip a handle when shooting the slingshot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Charles A. Saunders
  • Publication number: 20140290636
    Abstract: A crossbow and bolts are described herein. The crossbow may include a main frame defining a groove, a top limb, a bottom limb, a string and a trigger assembly. The top limb may extend in front of the main frame and be positioned above the lower limb. The string may be configured to be cocked backwards and engage with the trigger assembly. A bolt may be configured to attach to the string and be ejected from the crossbow when the trigger assembly is fired. The bolt may include a removable tip, a removable coupling, and a snap-on fletching. The crossbow may include a worm gear assembly to cock the string for firing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Jack J. Goehring III, Jonathan Widdifield
  • Publication number: 20140290637
    Abstract: A toy gun includes a toy gun body and a toy gun gas cartridge loading device. The toy gun body includes a housing, a gun body first lock and a gun body second lock. The gas cartridge loading device is detachably housed in the housing and is locked with the gun body first lock. The gas cartridge loading device includes a loading device second lock which is housed in the loading device housing when an end of the gas cartridge loading device is housed in the housing. The loading device second lock is located on a lateral side of the gas cartridge loading device. When the gun body first lock is disengaged, the loading device second lock engages with a gun body second lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Maruzen Company Limited
    Inventor: Tetsuo Maeda
  • Publication number: 20140290638
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gemstone (10) comprises a girdle (13), a crown (11) and a pavilion (12). The crown has a table (14), ten star facets (15) surrounding the table, ten bezel facets (16) aligned between the star facets and twenty upper girdle facets (20) aligned between the bezel facets. The pavilion is provided with ten pavilion main facets (24), twenty pavilion hook facets (29) aligned between the pavilion main facets and ten pavilion star facets (34) aligned between the pavilion hook facets. The invention also relates to a method of cutting the gemstone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Paras Paresh Mehta
  • Publication number: 20140290639
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hose burner capable of being carried by a user in a convenient manner. The hose burner comprises: a body unit including a cylindrical body having an open upper surface and having an insertion opening penetratingly-formed at one side thereof, and including an air mixture container accommodated in the body, and configured to mix injected fuel and air to combust the fuel; a fuel supply pipe having a fuel supply opening at one end thereof, bent to pass through an upper surface of the body unit, and having a fuel injection nozzle at another end thereof, the fuel supply opening inserted into the insertion opening of the body and protruding toward the air mixture container; and a supporting unit configured to support the body unit installed with a predetermined gap from an installation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: KOVEA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang Hyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20140290640
    Abstract: A hose burner having a folding type supporting leg, comprises: a body unit including a cylindrical body having an open upper surface and having an insertion opening penetratingly-formed at one side thereof, and including an air mixture container having a mixture pipe; a fuel supply pipe having a fuel supply opening at one end thereof, bent to pass through an upper surface of the body unit, and having a fuel injection nozzle at another end thereof, the fuel supply opening inserted into the insertion opening of the body and protruding toward the mixture pipe; and a folding type supporting leg configured to support the body unit installed with a predetermined gap from an installation surface, the folding type supporting leg rotatbaly provided at the body unit to overlap the fuel supply pipe, and foldably installed to enclose an upper surface and a lower surface of the body unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: KOVEA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang Hyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20140290641
    Abstract: Provided is a cooking appliance that includes an oven cavity and an oven door pivotally mounted to a front surface and configured to selectively provide access to an interior of the oven cavity. A cooktop includes a heating element and an inlet of a downdraft system exposed at a top surface of the cooking appliance. An outlet is provided through which air drawn into the downdraft system through the inlet is exhausted to an ambient environment of a room in which the cooking appliance is located. An air duct system conveys air between the inlet and the outlet, and a blower draws air from the ambient environment of the cooking appliance adjacent to the cooktop into the inlet and through the air duct system to be expelled through the outlet back into the ambient environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventor: John Worrell
  • Publication number: 20140290642
    Abstract: Provided is a broil burner including a generally-tubular gas conduit configured to extend between a rearward region of an oven cavity and a forward region of the oven cavity. The gas conduit includes an inlet that cooperates with a gas source to convey a combustible gas from the gas source to the gas conduit, and a plurality of apertures through which the combustible gas exits the gas conduit to be combusted. A reflector is provided, and extends between opposing segments of the gas conduit to reflect heat generated by combustion of the combustible gas in a downward direction, generally toward a central region of the oven cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Padgett, Mohsen Sarfehjoo, George Lewis, Brian Martin
  • Publication number: 20140290643
    Abstract: A burner for consuming a fuel includes a base with a lower end, an upper end, and at least one side wall. A fuel inlet port of the upper end of the base includes at least an inner wall and a bottom wall. At least one helical conduit is fixed outside of the inner wall of the fuel inlet port and conveys air from an open lower end thereof to an opposing open top end thereof at the upper end of the base. A bottom end of an annular glass burning chamber is fixed with the upper end of the base, such that the second end of the at least one conduit terminates therebetween. As such, the fuel in the fuel inlet port mixes with the air entering the burning chamber from the at least one helical conduit and burns in a helical pattern within the burning chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Stephen Potter
  • Publication number: 20140290644
    Abstract: Stoves and stove-related methods. Some embodiments provide three-piece camping stoves configured for flat storage. Some stoves comprise two flexible and flat panels and a flat crosspiece. The panels define male couplers extending from the panels, female couplers, and crosspiece couplers. The female couplers define slots in the panels while the crosspiece defines panel couplers. Furthermore, the male and female couplers are configured to releasably couple with each other, as are the crosspiece and panel couplers. The panels can possess the same shape and/or the crosspiece couplers can be spaced apart from the panel edges. The female and male couplers can define two differing lengths while the male couplers can comprise in-plane extensions of the panels (define two differing lengths). Moreover, the panel couplers can comprise in-plane extensions of the crosspiece. Additionally, the widths of the panels and crosspiece can be the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: VERTEX OUTDOORS, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin M. Bailey
  • Publication number: 20140290645
    Abstract: A system for reacting and separating solid and fluid components includes a series of sequential simulated moving bed (SMB) chromatography columns connected to form a circulation loop. Each SMB chromatography column includes an inlet and an outlet. A reactor is configured to receive a solid reactant and has an inlet and an outlet, and the reactor inlet is fluidly connected to an outlet of a first SMB chromatography column of the series of sequential SMB chromatography columns. The reactor outlet is fluidly connected to an inlet of a second SMB chromatography column of the series of sequential SMB chromatography columns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Matthew J. Realff
  • Publication number: 20140290646
    Abstract: A therapy appliance, in particular for use for administering medicaments by nasal inhalation, includes a ventilation tube, on the input side of which is attached an aerosol generator connected to a medicament container, which aerosol generator is connected to a control unit. The ventilation tube is attached at the end to a nasal applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: NLI GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Koehler, Volker Gross, Keywan Ali Sohrabi
  • Publication number: 20140290647
    Abstract: The invention concerns a product consisting of distilled water or of an aqueous solution hypotonic or substantially isotonic with respect to blood plasma or, less preferably, hypertonic with respect to blood plasma, to be administered on the nasal mucosa according to a specific operation mode in order to cause an inflammation of an irritative kind, for use in a treatment of stimulation of the endogenous production of inflammatory mediators, in the therapy and prevention of neurological disorders, in particular of degenerative disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system. The inflammatory mediators the endogenous production of which is stimulated comprise NGF, neurotrophin-3, neurotrophin-4, serotonin, substance P, heparin, ECF-A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Fabrizio Salvinelli, Beatrice Salvinelli, Emanuele Salvinelli, Alessandra d'Eramo
  • Publication number: 20140290648
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dispensers, in particular to dispensers for dispensing a dose of a gaseous, gas borne or droplet substance from a substance source and dispensers comprising dosage counters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Cathal Duignan, Iain Grierson McDerment
  • Publication number: 20140290649
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a tracheal tube having a suction lumen are provided. For example, the suction lumen may be associated with two spaced apart pressure transducers, whereby a pressure drop between the transducers indicates that the suction lumen is free of blockages and a characteristic lack of pressure drop and/or particular pressure curve is indicative of a blockage. In addition, embodiments may include a tracheal tube with sensors configured to sense a buildup of secretions. The sensors may be located proximate to an opening in the suction lumen. In other embodiments, a blockage-clearing system for a suction lumen may be provided that blows air into the suction lumen to clear blockages. In particular, in certain embodiments, the blockage-clearing system may operate to create its own pressurized air source by utilizing the pressure change created in the suction line by a blockage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Seamus Pio Maguire, Lockett E. Wood, Brian Ledwith
  • Publication number: 20140290650
    Abstract: A handheld vapor dispenser with rapidly interchangeable vapor tubes extending outside of the dispenser housing. A first exemplary embodiment uses a battery and a timing circuit to volatize the vapor-producing material and a positive air pressure source, such as a squeeze bulb, to expel the vapor from the tube. A second exemplary embodiment is rechargeable and has multiple vapor tubes in parallel spaced-apart proximity extending from the housing. A recharging station for multiple vapor dispensers that also provides vapor tube storage and access is disclosed. A third exemplary embodiment couples positive air pressure to the air inlet of an electronic cigarette to expel vapor from the mouthpiece for flavoring drinks. A dispensing tube that sealingly attaches to the mouthpiece is also disclosed. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Johnathan Ivey
  • Publication number: 20140290651
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and apparatus for to using crude neon with oxygen and nitrogen as a hyperbaric intervention breathing mixture. Embodiments include providing a work environment under pressure; performing work operations within the pressurized work environment; and providing a breathing mixture created from crude neon and oxygen as a hyperbaric intervention breathing gas. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: David J. Kenyon, Glenn Butler
  • Publication number: 20140290652
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing device for dispensing a fluid form medicament formulation having a viscosity of from 10 to 2000 mPa·s. is disclosed and comprises a housing and a fluid discharge device. The fluid discharge device is arranged to be actuated by one or more levers so as to apply a force to the fluid discharge device which is used to move a container forming part of the fluid discharge device along a longitudinal axis of the fluid discharge device to cause actuation of a pump forming part of the fluid discharge device. A pre-load means is used to prevent actuation of the pump until a pre-determined force is applied to each lever of sufficient magnitude to guarantee the production of a well developed efficient spray from the fluid dispensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Birsha Davies, Mark Graham Hedley, James William Godfrey
  • Publication number: 20140290653
    Abstract: A powder inhaler having reservoirs containing a dose of powder and formed on a flexible blister strip having a base layer with cavities and a closure layer. The base layer containing empty blisters rolls up around a first rotary receiver element, and the closure layer peeled off the base layer rolls up around a second rotary receiver element that has a first portion forming a peeling wheel and a second portion forming a tensioner. The tensioner is capable of turning in a first direction of rotation and includes a fastener element for the leading end of the closure layer. The tensioner turns with the peeling wheel in the first direction to roll up the closure layer at each actuation of the device and turns relative to the peeling wheel in the first direction of rotation to tension the closure layer after the blister strip has been assembled in the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Arnaud Colomb
  • Publication number: 20140290654
    Abstract: An inhaler is instantly activated upon its removal from a cover or cover unit, and by rotating a cartridge component of the inhaler with respect to a mouthpiece portion, so as to create a flow pathway for ambient air and particles. The cartridge component includes a chamber, whose contents typically include dry powders or the like. Upon creation of the flow pathway, the contents of the chamber are instantly accessible for immediate inhalation by a user through the mouthpiece portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Trent Poole, Solomon S. Steiner
  • Publication number: 20140290655
    Abstract: A humidifier includes a tub configured to hold a supply of water. The tub includes a tub lid and a tub base adapted to be coupled to the tub lid. The tub further includes a base plate formed of a heat conducting material and adapted to be coupled to the tub base and a seal positioned between the base plate and the tub base. The tub also includes a retaining mechanism with at least one projection that projects from the tub base and is configured to force the base plate against the seal so that the seal is secured against the tub base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: John Michael SNOW, Simon Robert CORK, John ZEKIC, Benjamin John HUNTER
  • Publication number: 20140290656
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for carrying out a signal-processing viewing of a measurement signal that is correlated with the respiratory activity of an individual, for example, of a measurement signal that is correlated with the respiratory gas. The aim of the invention is to provide solutions with which an improved electronic analysis of the signals that are representative with regard to respiratory activity can be achieved. To this end, the invention provides that viewing results are obtained within the scope of a signal-processing viewing of said measurement signal and make a differentiation between obstructive and central respiratory disorders possible. The viewing results are determined, in particular, while taking into account changes of selected breathing characteristics such as, for example, the change in the ratio of inhalation time to exhalation time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: ResMed R&D Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Rolf MADAUS, Jorg MEIER, Dieter HEIDMANN, Hartmut SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20140290657
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a method for automatically initiating ventilation, controlling ventilation, transitioning a ventilator to subject controlled ventilation, and weaning a subject from ventilation. The disclosure describes that the method for automatically initiating ventilation includes inputting a physical characteristic of the subject into a ventilator. The physical characteristic may be ideal body weight, height, or age. Based on the inputted physical characteristic, one or more ventilation parameters are calculated. The disclosure describes initiating ventilation based on the calculated parameters. During ventilation at least one physiological parameter of the subject is monitored. At least one ventilation parameter may be adjusted based on the monitoring of the physiological parameters and the inputted physical characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Joseph D. Vandine, David Hyde, Warren G. Sanborn
  • Publication number: 20140290658
    Abstract: The present technology relates to methods and apparatus to provide ventilation to patients. In particular, the present technology relates to changing ventilator parameters to match changing patient metabolic demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: RESMED LIMITED
    Inventors: Klaus Henry Schindhelm, Gordon Joseph Malouf, Steven Paul Farrugia, Clancy John Dennis, Michael Berthon-Jones, David John Bassin, Helmut Teschler
  • Publication number: 20140290659
    Abstract: The invention provides a reversing valve for reversing a fluid flow, comprising a valve housing defining a cylindrical chamber, at least four passage outlets being formed in the valve housing and opening into the cylindrical chamber, and further comprising a valve core being received rotatably and hermetically within the cylindrical chamber of the valve housing, at least two passages being defined in the valve core, wherein the passage outlets and the passages are arranged such that the reversing valve can reverse the liquid flow once every time that the valve core rotates through 90°. The invention also provides a high frequency oscillation airflow generator. According to the invention, the reversing frequency of the gas flow and thus the efficiency of the high frequency oscillation airflow generator are improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Tongqing Chen, Wei Zhou, Huimin Chen
  • Publication number: 20140290660
    Abstract: One embodiment of a collapsible chamber that is used to house a small animal while administering respiratory medications prescribed by Veterinarians that allows atmospheric air to flow in and carbon dioxide to flow out while the animal is receiving respiratory treatment. The chamber: maintains a medically sanitary environment; keeps the animal calm during treatment thus maximizing the amount of medication delivered; becomes foldable, thus portable for mobile treatment or storage; uses standard tubing and connectors for nebulizer, oxygen and other gaseous types of medication delivery systems. One embodiment of a chamber comprised of transparent panels, edging, and screws. Other embodiments are described and shown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Tricia Helen Blair, Barbara Ann Killian
  • Publication number: 20140290661
    Abstract: A breathing airbag device includes a filter airbag, an inner holding stand, a nose holder, a mouth holder, and two elastic straps, wherein the filter airbag is adapted for interacting with and filtering the outside air, the inner holding stand is adapted for supporting and fixing the nose holder and mouth holder, the nose holder is adapted for fittingly supporting the human nose, the mouth holder is adapted for fittingly supporting the human mouth, the inner holding stand is located on the filter airbag, the nose holder and the mouth holder are located on the inner holding stand, and two ends of each of the elastic straps are fixed to an edge position of the nose holder. The present invention has some advantages of good tightness, simple structure and low manufacturing cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Shunon Chan
  • Publication number: 20140290662
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filter material for respirator masks. The filter material comprises a filter material layer that is pleated so as to form a plurality of folds, said filter material layer comprising a filter layer and a first netting layer. The invention is characterized in that the filter material layer comprises a second netting layer disposed on the filter layer on the side opposite to said first netting layer. The invention additionally relates to a respirator mask comprising such a filter material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: MOLDEX-METRIC, INC.
    Inventor: Frank Kern
  • Publication number: 20140290663
    Abstract: A patient interface device includes a cushion member having a first side, a second side, and a first outer perimeter. The first side is structured to form a seal with a patient's face for delivering a flow of breathing gas to the patient. A modular hub is attached to the second side of the cushion member. The modular hub includes a receiver and a second outer perimeter. The second outer perimeter of the modular hub is disposed inward of the first outer perimeter of the cushion member when the patient interface device is viewed from a front elevation perspective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Justin Edward Rothermel
  • Publication number: 20140290664
    Abstract: A patient interface device includes a bladder assembly having a headgear bladder member, a nose bridge bladder member, and a connecting tube member provided between the headgear bladder member and the nose bridge bladder member. The headgear bladder member is in sealed fluid communication with the nose bridge bladder member through the connecting tube member, and is filled with a fluid medium. The bladder assembly is structured such that the nose bridge bladder member will be inflated as a pressure on the headgear bladder member increases and such that the nose bridge bladder member will be deflated as the pressure on headgear bladder member decreases. Inflation of the nose bridge bladder member causes the top of a cushion member to move toward the patient's nose bridge, and deflation of the nose bridge bladder member causes the top of the cushion member to move away from the patient's nose bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Jonathan Sayer Grashow, Lauren Patricia Chodkowski
  • Publication number: 20140290665
    Abstract: Embodiments provide methods for storing a respiratory mask. In one embodiment, the respiratory equipment may include a respiratory mask having a front side and a rear side and a cavity having an opening in the rear side. There may also be provided an inflatable harness adapted to maintain the respiratory mask against the user face, and a storage element comprising a housing In one embodiment, the method may include pulling on the harness on the front side of the respiratory mask in order to place the harness on the respiratory mask in an storage position outside said cavity, and maintaining the harness on the respiratory mask in the storage position and inserting the respiratory mask into the housing of the storage element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: ZODIAC AEROTECHNICS
    Inventor: Jean-Paul Libis
  • Publication number: 20140290666
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for identifying the flexor retinaculum of the carpal tunnel, injecting an effective amount of an agent into at least a portion of flexor retinaculum or tissue adjacent thereto, wherein the agent is configured to weaken the flexor retinaculum. The system may further include means for increasing the tensile stress in the flexor retinaculum post-injection using hand exercises, thereby weakening its structural integrity and decreasing the pressure within the carpal tunnel that impairs median nerve function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: JOHN M. AGEE, TRUSTEE OF THE JOHN M. AGEE TRUST OF AUGUST 15, 1996
    Inventors: John M. Agee, Ben C. Goss, Francis C. King, Jeffrey Woodhouse
  • Publication number: 20140290667
    Abstract: A sitting tool includes a seat panel, which includes a first seating face and second seating face extending contiguously from the first seating face toward front of the sitting tool. The second seating face forms a step higher than the first seating face with its end face disposed on the side of the first seating face. When the first seating face supports the hips and the second seating face supports the upper thighs of sitting person, the step suppresses forward displacement of the ischiums of sitting person. The first seating face extends over the entire length of the seat panel in left-right direction of the sitting tool without interrupted by the step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Masui, Takuma Usuda
  • Publication number: 20140290668
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a breathing device includes an oral appliance arch, a post, and first and second masks that are separately adjustable relative to the oral appliance arch. The first mask defines a first interior space and is configured to deliver gas to a user's nose when the first mask is connected to a gas delivery device. The second mask defines a second interior space and is configured to be adjustably secured to the post and to form a substantial seal around the user's oral cavity when pressed against a portion of the user's mouth. The post is coupled to the oral appliance arch and is configured to adjustably secure the first mask relative to the oral appliance arch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: W. Keith Thornton, Alastair McAuley
  • Publication number: 20140290669
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for a custom mouthguard to protect a user's teeth from damage due to incident forces. The mouthguard comprises a hard plastic tray portion which is custom fitted to the user's upper teeth, a soft plastic layer molded over the hard plastic tray, a force distributing layer adhered across a front portion of the soft plastic layer, and an outer compressive portion comprising a portion of the soft plastic layer molded over the force distributing layer. A force incident at the front of the custom mouthguard is partially absorbed by the outer compressive portion and partially transferred to the force distribution layer. The force distribution layer disperses the remaining force throughout the custom mouthguard. Any remaining portion of the force which is transferred to the user's teeth and nearby bone structures is insufficient to loosen or displace the user's teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Anthony Quoc Ngo
  • Publication number: 20140290670
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and apparatuses for enhanced comfort through contact pressure reduction. In particular, the systems and apparatuses disclosed herein prevent or otherwise mitigate pressure by actively orienting a patient over an anatomy-specific pressure-mitigating contact surface on which the patient rests. A pressure-mitigating contact portion of the contact surface includes a plurality of independently pressurized chambers configured in a specific geometric pattern that is designed to mitigate contact pressure between a support surface (e.g., bed or chair) and a specific anatomic region of a patient's body when the specific anatomic region of the patient's body is oriented over an epicenter of the geometric pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: TurnCare, Inc.
    Inventor: Rafael P. Squitieri
  • Publication number: 20140290671
    Abstract: A machine for making smoking articles that include filters (24) such as filter cigarettes, has fabrication stations configured in a production line to perform sequential steps in their manufacture, and an inspection station to identify those of the smoking articles that are to be rejected as a result of not meeting a quality control criterion. A filter removal device (31) is arranged on the production line to remove the filters (24) from the smoking articles identified for rejection at the inspection station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: British American Tobacco (Investments)Limited
    Inventors: Kie Seon Park, Robert Whiffen
  • Publication number: 20140290672
    Abstract: A label applying apparatus and a related method are provided. The label applying apparatus may include a label applicator and a receptacle. The label applicator may include a displaceable piston with an applicator surface configured to receive a label. The receptacle may include walls that define an interior compartment. Further the receptacle may include a pivotable cover member that pivots about a hinge between a closed position that covers an upper opening of the receptacle and an open position in which articles of material may be inserted into the interior compartment. The distal end of an upper portion of the pivotable cover member may engage the articles such that the articles are retained in a position whereby the displaceable piston extends into the interior compartment and applies a label to a label application surface of the most proximate one of the articles to the applicator surface of the displaceable piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Benjamin Floyd Coleman, SR., Robert Eugene Weaver, Victor Lee Hardy
  • Publication number: 20140290673
    Abstract: This invention discloses a lamp cover and an electronic cigarette. The lamp cover comprises a first lamp cap and a second lamp cap which two are connected with each other detachably or fixedly to from the whole lamp cover. The light emitted from the light emitting diode will change in its color when passing through the lamp cover, so that the electronic cigarette using such lamp cover can result in bright and colorful light or color effect and further meet user's individual requirement. Meanwhile, air inlets can be arranged on the contact surface of the first and second lamp caps that form the lamp cover, thus achieving more hidden arrangement for air inlet and more aesthetic appearance without influencing the smoothness of airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu